Diagnosis system, diagnosis data producing method, information processing device, terminal device and recording medium used in the diagnosis data producing method

Abstract

A diagnosis system includes a terminal T and a server S which are connected to each other through a network B. A user images a given position of user's body by an imaging device C connected to the terminal T and transmits image data obtained by that imaging to the server S through the network. The server S compares the received image data with reference data of the server S and automatically diagnoses the user's health condition, to thereby produce diagnosis data. The diagnosis data is equivalent to a diagnosis result whom a doctor says a patient, to thereby realize an automatic diagnosis.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A diagnosis system, comprising: 
 a terminal device that receives image data obtained by imaging from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body; and    an information processing device which is connectable to said terminal device through a network;    wherein said terminal device includes a transmitting means for transmitting the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged by said imaging means to said information processing device through said network;    wherein said image processing device includes a diagnosing means that conducts a given diagnosis on the basis of image data received from said terminal and produces diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result; and    wherein said information processing device produces the diagnosis data in a time series manner on the basis of a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals.    
     
     
         2 . A terminal device which is connectable through a network to an image processing device having a diagnosing means that conducts a given diagnosis on the basis of image data received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result, said terminal device comprising: 
 a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user to transmit the image data to the information processing device through said network.    
     
     
         3 . A terminal device which is connectable through a network to an information processing device having a diagnosing means for conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of image data and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information which are received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result on the basis of the diagnosis result, said terminal device comprising: 
 a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user and the diagnosis data and transmits the image data and the diagnosis data to the information processing device through said network.    
     
     
         4 . A method of transmitting diagnosis information which is executed by a terminal device that is connectable through a network to an information processing device having a diagnosing means that conducts a given diagnosis on the basis of image data received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result, said method comprising the steps of: 
 receiving image data produced, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user; and    transmitting the image data to the information processing device through the network.    
     
     
         5 . A method of transmitting diagnosis information which is executed by a terminal device which is connectable through a network to an information processing device having a diagnosing means for conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of image data and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information which are received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result, said method comprising the steps of: 
 receiving image data produced, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user and the diagnosis data; and    transmitting the image data and the diagnosis data to the information processing device through the network.    
     
     
         6 . A recording medium that records, in a computer readable manner, a program for allowing a terminal device with a computer which is connectable through a network to an information processing device having a diagnosing means that conducts a given diagnosis on the basis of image data received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result to function as a transmitting device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving data produced, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user; and    transmitting the image data to the information processing device through the network.    
     
     
         7 . A recording medium that records, in a computer readable manner, a program for allowing a terminal device with a computer which is connectable through a network to an information processing device having a diagnosing means for conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of image data and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information which are received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result to function as a transmitting device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving image data produced, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user and the diagnosis data; and    transmitting the image data and the diagnosis data to the information processing device through the network.    
     
     
         8 . A program recorded in a given recording medium in a computer readable manner, for allowing a terminal device with a computer which is connectable through a network to an information processing device having a diagnosing means that conducts a given diagnosis on the basis of image data received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result to function as a transmitting device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving data produced, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user; and    transmitting the image data to the information processing device through the network.    
     
     
         9 . A program recorded in a given recording medium in a computer readable manner, for allowing a terminal device with a computer which is connectable through a network to an information processing device having a diagnosing means for conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of image data and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information which are received through the network to produce diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result to function as a transmitting device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving image data produced, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user and the diagnosis data; and    transmitting the image data and the diagnosis data to the information processing device through the network.    
     
     
         10 . An information processing device that is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user to transmit the image data through said network, said information processing device comprising: 
 wherein said image processing device includes a diagnosing means that conducts a given diagnosis on the basis of image data received from said terminal and produces diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result; and    wherein said information processing device produces the diagnosis data in a time series manner on the basis of a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals.    
     
     
         11 . The information processing device as claimed in    claim 10   , wherein said diagnosing means comprises: an image processing means for conducting a given image process on the image data to produce comparison image data; reference data recording means for recording reference data for diagnosis; and a judging means for comparing the comparison image data with the reference data to conduct the given diagnosis.  
     
     
         12 . An information processing device which is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged by the user and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information and transmits the image data and the diagnosis data through said network, said information processing device comprising: 
 a diagnosing means that conducts a given diagnosis on the basis of the image data and the oral consultation data received from said terminal and produces diagnosis data pertaining to a diagnosis result;    wherein said information processing device produces the diagnosis data in a time series manner on the basis of a plurality of image data and oral consultation data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals.    
     
     
         13 . The information processing device as claimed in    claim 12   , wherein said diagnosing means comprises: an image processing means for conducting a given image process on the image data to produce comparison image data; reference data recording means for recording reference data for diagnosis; and a judging means for comparing the comparison image data and the oral consultation data with the reference data to conduct the given diagnosis.  
     
     
         14 . The information processing device as claimed in    claim 11    or    13   , wherein the reference data includes data for conducting at least one of a depression diagnosis, an insomnia diagnosis, a drooping eyelid diagnosis, an autonomic imbalance diagnosis, a skin aspect diagnosis and a hair diagnosis, and said judging means conducts at least of the depression diagnosis, the insomnia diagnosis, the drooping eyelid diagnosis, the autonomic imbalance diagnosis, the skin aspect diagnosis and the hair diagnosis.  
     
     
         15 . The information processing device as claimed in    claim 11    or    13   , wherein the reference data includes data necessary for conducting plural kinds of diagnoses; and 
 wherein correspondence information indicative of which diagnosis the image corresponds to is added to the image data, and said judging means conducts the plural kinds of diagnoses indicated by the correspondence information on the basis of the correspondence information received together with the image data.  
 
     
     
         16 . The information processing device as claimed in    claim 15   , wherein the reference data includes data for conducting at least one of a depression diagnosis, an insomnia diagnosis, a drooping eyelid diagnosis, an autonomic imbalance diagnosis, a skin aspect diagnosis and a hair diagnosis, and 
 wherein correspondence information indicative of which diagnosis the image corresponds to is added to the image data, and said judging means conducts any one of the depression diagnosis, the insomnia diagnosis, the drooping eyelid diagnosis, the autonomic imbalance diagnosis, the skin aspect diagnosis and the hair diagnosis indicated by the correspondence information on the basis of the correspondence information received together with the image data.    
     
     
         17 . The information processing device as claimed in    claim 10    or    12   , further comprising a prescribing means for producing prescription data pertaining to a prescription suitable for the diagnosis result; 
 wherein said prescribing means produces the prescription data in accordance with the time series on the basis of the diagnosis data produced in accordance with the time series.  
 
     
     
         18 . A method of producing diagnosis data which is executed by an information processing device which is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged by the user to transmit the image data through said network, said method comprising: 
 receiving the image data from said terminal; and    conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of the image data to produce the diagnosis data pertaining to the diagnosis result on the basis of the diagnosis result;    wherein said receiving step and said conducting step are repeatedly conducted on a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals by the user to produce the diagnosis data in accordance with the time series.    
     
     
         19 . A method of producing diagnosis data which is executed by an information processing device which is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged by the user and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information to transmit the image data and the oral consultation data through said network, said method comprising: 
 receiving the image data and the oral consultation data from said terminal; and    conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of the image data and the oral consultation data to produce the diagnosis data pertaining to the diagnosis result on the basis of the diagnosis result;    wherein said receiving step and said conducting step are repeatedly conducted on a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals and the oral consultation data by the user to produce the diagnosis data in accordance with the time series.    
     
     
         20 . A recording medium that records, in a computer readable manner, a program for allowing an information processing device with a computer which is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user to transmit the image data through said network to function as a diagnosis data producing device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving the image data from said terminal; and    conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of the image data and the oral consultation data to produce the diagnosis data pertaining to the diagnosis result;    wherein said receiving step and said conducting step are repeatedly conducted on a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals to produce the plurality of diagnosis data in accordance with the time series.    
     
     
         21 . A recording medium that records, in a computer readable manner, a program for allowing an information processing device with a computer which is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information to transmit the image data through said network to function as a diagnosis data producing device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving the image data and the oral consultation data from said terminal; and    conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of the image data and the oral consultation data to produce the diagnosis data pertaining to the diagnosis result;    wherein said receiving step and said conducting step are repeatedly conducted on a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals and the oral consultation data to produce the plurality of diagnosis data in accordance with the time series.    
     
     
         22 . A program recorded in a recording medium in a computer readable manner, for allowing an information processing device with a computer which is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user to transmit the image data through said network to function as a diagnosis data producing device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving the image data from said terminal; and    conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of the image data and the oral consultation data to produce the diagnosis data pertaining to the diagnosis result;    wherein said receiving step and said conducting step are repeatedly conducted on a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals to produce the plurality of diagnosis data in accordance with the time series.    
     
     
         23 . A program recording in a recording medium in a computer readable manner, for allowing an information processing device with a computer which is connectable through a network to a terminal device having a transmitting means that receives, from a given imaging means that repeatedly images a position to be imaged which is located at a given position of a user's body, the image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged with the use of said imaging means by the user and oral consultation data pertaining to the diagnosis contents and including given character information to transmit the image data through said network to function as a diagnosis data producing device, said computer executing said program comprising the steps of: 
 receiving the image data and the oral consultation data from said terminal; and    conducting a given diagnosis on the basis of the image data and the oral consultation data to produce the diagnosis data pertaining to the diagnosis result;    wherein said receiving step and said conducting step are repeatedly conducted on a plurality of image data produced by imaging the position to be imaged at given time intervals and the oral consultation data to produce the plurality of diagnosis data in accordance with the time series.